Re: ffmpeg6 drawtext option question

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 28 May 2024, Michael Lowery Wilson wrote:

> However, I get the below result instead:
>
> [AVFilterGraph @ 0x7eb5fb57f580] No such filter: 'drawtext'
> [vost#0:0/libx264 @ 0x7eb5fb53a500] Error initializing a simple filtergraph
> Error opening output file timestamped-recording.mp4.

That error message is correct; there's no `drawtext' filter compiled in:

$ ffmpeg6 -filters 2>&1 | fgrep drawtext
$

> Which points toward an issue with the drawtext filter. I have checked and my 
> version of ffmpeg6 is compiled with the --enable-libfreetype flag by default, 
> which is required for the drawtext filter:
>
> https://ayosec.github.io/ffmpeg-filters-docs/3.3.9/Filters/Video/drawtext.html

According to the current docs. you also need `--enable-libharfbuzz' now:

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#drawtext-1

Can you recompile with libharfbuzz added, then tell the pkgsrc folks if that
works?

-RVP